illegal

Example Sentences

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Defense lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, an outsider from the port city of Barranquilla who uses fierce rhetoric when talking about illegal armed groups, has promised to trim the size of the government by 40%.

From The Wall Street Journal

"And now I am here also because of the illegal attacks on Iran. I know Iran is not perfect, but the Iranian people should be left to sort out their own problems," she told AFP.

From Barron's

What stands out is what the case didn’t involve—no illegal crossing, no forged documents, no dramatic failure at the border.

From The Wall Street Journal

Environment Agency officials could gain police-style powers to help them crackdown on fly-tipping and the illegal dumping of waste in England, the government has said.

From BBC

They are rapidly transforming the betting landscape in the US, where sports betting was largely illegal until 2018 and gambling on elections had been off-limits for years until 2024.

From BBC